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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

19/02

Tea, 10 raspberries, 6 blueberries, yoghurt 120g
30g pecans
1 slice Burgen bread, sardines in tomato sauce, tea
tea
Beef casserole, charlotte potato 80g, carrots 40g, leeks fried in butter 1tbs, cabbage. Water

Got a cold. Took medicine, after second dose checked the medicine bottle - OOPs contains Glucose and Sucrose. Not suitable for people with kidney problems. Binned it as no use for either of us.

Calories 1110 which is -497 carbs 61g ( not counting those in the horrid medicine)
 
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DJC3 said:
I was hungry tbh but was fasting for a blood test this morning. Also it’s gone 8pm by the time I get in and if I eat that late it tends to put my fbg up - and that, in turn makes me glum for the whole day!
Yoga is wonderful isn’t it? I’m a bit rubbish but its a very relaxed class and nobody minds.
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I understand that, precisely why I made Mr B an omelette before I headed out. I might try having a later, larger lunch next time. I'm the same, absolute pants at the postures but it is good fun and a very friendly class.
 
Emma_369 said:
Evening everyone. Decided at midday that a 40hr fast would do nicely and so lunch was just a couple of chunks of cheese
Dinner - made beef meatballs with garlic powder in, made a chunky veg sauce using spring onion, red pepper, a couple of chopped tomatoes and some chilli flakes and served it all on lettuce and cucumber with a heap of grated cheese on top

Well done @Chook with your fast!!
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Well done!
 
Rachox said:
Drum roll........ I escaped my stay with the NHS this morning! Thank you everyone who hoped like me everyday was D Day!
So breakfast was at hospital: I had Greek yoghurt but had run out of strawberries, so risked half a satsuma kindly donated from a fellow patient and only saw a rise of 0.8 at the two hour mark, so happy with that :)
Lunch at home: gouda and chorizo rollitos with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon: I celebrated my homecoming with three squares of Green & Blacks ginger dark chocolate with a black coffee.
Dinner: liver and bacon with mixed veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and chocolate granola
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Glad to see you're home!
 
@ianpspurs good report!
Just a little longer @Chook! Yes, meaty Alpo bits sounds good to me right now and I only skipped lunch, for heaven’s sake!
Yaaayyy @Rachox !! Flinging glitter and confetti in your path...
@shelley262 at least we know your clotting factor is good! And glad for lipids etc.
@SlimLizzy I hope the cold runs away very soon!
 
A bit tired tonight, so will keep this short...

Breakfast: Mocha chia pudding. Coffee.
Mid morning: Almond milk cappuccino
Lunch: Mixed leaf, prosciutto and mozzarella salad with pesto (takeaway from a lovely café in Manchester)
Afternoon: Almond milk cappuccino with nutty chocy delight thingy.
Dinner: Chicken, leek and mushroom pie with fathead "pastry" with cavalo nero. Quite nice, but the fathead dough welded itself to the pie dishes! SF jelly (no cream for me). Decaf coffee.
 
Hello all,

@Rachox -- Great news about being home again. So happy for you.
@Brunneria -- Thanks so much for the welcome back. This such a great thread with very lovely people.
@maglil55 and @Emma_369 -- Fabulously well done on your fasts -- such an achievement.
@zauberflote -- It's surprising how small this world is, we've often passed Clemson on our way to Charlotte. South Carolina is beautiful, I especially miss Charleston and the beaches -- Columbia is nothing much to bragg about, I guess most of it was destroyed in the civil war.
@ianpspurs -- I buy the potato fibers from a special German low carb website and they are quite inexpensive (about 4 Euros for 500g). I checked and they do ship to Britain, the only problem is that the site is in German. Here is a link in case you are interested: https://www.l-carb-shop.de/index.php/special/kartoffelfasern.html. You might be able to email them. The potato fibers do actually taste like potato in the cauli mash, albeit with much fewer carbs, and you only need a little (I only used three tablespoons for a big pot of mash, which will last for three or four meals). I have also used it in baking bread, it works fine, but doesn't really make it taste like potato in this case.

Today's menu ...

Breakfast: Kind of an unintended fast since I almost overslept. So, only two decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol.

Lunch: Nothing.

Snack: Two pecans, one square of 95% chocolate.

Dinner: Homemade cole slaw, some oxtail-merguez soup with green beans, white beans, celery and Hokkaido pumpkin, a small piece of keto flat bread (DD recipe) with butter. A few candied macadamias left over from yesterday with whipped cream. Half a glass of red wine. Blood sugars back to 4.6 mmol one and a half hours after eating.
 
Bed 5.9 FBG was also 5.9 yes-we're improving again although my legs are still pretty bad. Back to the school run this morning. No 1 had a good day despite moaning on the way in. No 2 not too bad. We recovered one school polo shirt that went AWOL before half term and he managed to leave without his school bag, book bag and hat. Went up to Samsung as well. Mobile has had its NFC coil changed but tablet is still there for a screen change but it comes back tomorrow. Finally got all my electricals to the Salvation Army as well. Back to school swimming tomorrow morning so a slightly later start. Boys will not be amused that they are going straight home after school as I am going to the Jersey Boys. We have to get up town quickly as I want to collect the tickets for Matilda and have a relaxed meal out.
B. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
L. Did all my running about first then had 3 M&S 97% pork chipolatas, 3 rashers of crispy streaky bacon, 1 tomato, 1 mushroom and a fried egg.
D. Oomi noodle carbonara and yet more crumble with cream.

Drunk a lot of water today - really thirsty. Off to bed now. The start of the early rises is catching up with me.
 
Rachox said:
Drum roll........ I escaped my stay with the NHS this morning! Thank you everyone who hoped like me everyday was D Day!
So breakfast was at hospital: I had Greek yoghurt but had run out of strawberries, so risked half a satsuma kindly donated from a fellow patient and only saw a rise of 0.8 at the two hour mark, so happy with that :)
Lunch at home: gouda and chorizo rollitos with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon: I celebrated my homecoming with three squares of Green & Blacks ginger dark chocolate with a black coffee.
Dinner: liver and bacon with mixed veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and chocolate granola
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Pleased for you to be home and hope recovery goes well and problem is solved. Surprised there was no celebratory Jaffa cake:angelic:
 
ziggy_w said:
Hello all,

@Rachox -- Great news about being home again. So happy for you.
@Brunneria -- Thanks so much for the welcome back. This such a great thread with very lovely people.
@maglil55 and @Emma_369 -- Fabulously well done on your fasts -- such an achievement.
@zauberflote -- It's surprising how small this world is, we've often passed Clemson on our way to Charlotte. South Carolina is beautiful, I especially miss Charleston and the beaches -- Columbia is nothing much to bragg about, I guess most of it was destroyed in the civil war.
@ianpspurs -- I buy the potato fibers from a special German low carb website and they are quite inexpensive (about 4 Euros for 500g). I checked and they do ship to Britain, the only problem is that the site is in German. Here is a link in case you are interested: https://www.l-carb-shop.de/index.php/special/kartoffelfasern.html. You might be able to email them. The potato fibers do actually taste like potato in the cauli mash, albeit with much fewer carbs, and you only need a little (I only used three tablespoons for a big pot of mash, which will last for three or four meals). I have also used it in baking bread, it works fine, but doesn't really make it taste like potato in this case.

Today's menu ...

Breakfast: Kind of an unintended fast since I almost overslept. So, only two decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol.

Lunch: Nothing.

Snack: Two pecans, one square of 95% chocolate.

Dinner: Homemade cole slaw, some oxtail-merguez soup with green beans, white beans, celery and Hokkaido pumpkin, a small piece of keto flat bread (DD recipe) with butter. A few candied macadamias left over from yesterday with whipped cream. Half a glass of red wine. Blood sugars back to 4.6 mmol one and a half hours after eating.
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Thanks for the information and link. I have emailed them
 
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Day three of this fast. Are you all bored with reading my fasting updates? I only ask this because I really am bored with the fast. I didn't realise how much I use food as entertainment.

It has got easier over the days and today I've not been hungry at all. It didn't even bother me when Mr C had his pre-work meal and got his pack-up ready! I will finish my fast with dinner tomorrow evening but I feel that I could gone on further with it. If it works (helps with my arthritis) I think I will make it a regular monthly thing.

Drinks: Black decaff coffee, fruit/herbal teas, plain water.
 
Chook said:
Day three of this fast. Are you all bored with reading my fasting updates? I only ask this because I really am bored with the fast. I didn't realise how much I use food as entertainment.

It has got easier over the days and today I've not been hungry at all. It didn't even bother me when Mr C had his pre-work meal and got his pack-up ready! I will finish my fast with dinner tomorrow evening but I feel that I could gone on further with it. If it works (helps with my arthritis) I think I will make it a regular monthly thing.

Drinks: Black decaff coffee, fruit/herbal teas, plain water.
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You’re doing amazingly!!
 
@Chook how wonderful that the fasting helps OA!!!!! Do you see any effect on “soft tissue issues” if you have any? I love it that you’re not hungry!
 
Chook said:
Day three of this fast. Are you all bored with reading my fasting updates? I only ask this because I really am bored with the fast. I didn't realise how much I use food as entertainment.

It has got easier over the days and today I've not been hungry at all. It didn't even bother me when Mr C had his pre-work meal and got his pack-up ready! I will finish my fast with dinner tomorrow evening but I feel that I could gone on further with it. If it works (helps with my arthritis) I think I will make it a regular monthly thing.

Drinks: Black decaff coffee, fruit/herbal teas, plain water.
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Not at all bored just delighted you have managed to get so far and feel good having done so. Fantastic effort.
 
@Emma_369
Thank you :)

@zauberflote
I don't know if or whether it will have any effect on my dodgy knees and hips - if it does then I will be delighted. As for soft tissue issues, I haven't read about that. I have psoriasis and I've not noticed any difference in that - but it has only been three days. If it gets rid of the psoriasis I would be happy to fast for much longer.

I think it's strange that I'm not hungry. I had norovirus a few Christmases ago which lasted over a week and I just assumed the lack of hunger then was the virus - maybe I was wrong.

@ianpspurs

Thank you - it's so nice to have support from the lovely people on this thread. I'm surprised that it's getting easier.
 
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